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NDA - Draft Business Plan 2018 to 2021
Draft Business Plan
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2021
December 2017
NDA - Draft Business Plan 2018 to 2021
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Draft Business PlanFinancial year beginning April 2018 to fi nancial year ending March 2021
December 2017
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Introduction to the consultationHow to respond
In this consultation, the NDA wants to hear from members of the public, nuclear
regulators, employees within our Site Licence Companies, trade unions, local
authorities, Site Stakeholder Groups, Non-Governmental Organisations and any
other organisation or public body. In your response please state whether you are
responding as an individual or representing the views of an organisation. If you are
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represents and, where applicable, how you assembled the views of the members.
We are happy to receive comments on any aspect of our Draft Business Plan and these
will be considered where appropriate. When considering responses to this consultation,
the NDA will give greater weight to responses that are based on argument and evidence,
rather than simple expressions of support or opposition.
This consultation begins on 11 December 2017 and will close on 4 February 2018.
By letter, fax or email – You can respond by letter, fax or email using the contact
details below. Please address all responses to NDA Business Planning, Business Plan
Consultation.
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Herdus House, Westlakes Science and Technology
Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3HU
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Email – [email protected]
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please mark them ‘Business Plan Consultation’ and send them using the above
channels.
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may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information
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Protection Act 1998 (ref 2) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (ref 3)).
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Next Steps
The NDA will consider responses it receives to the consultation, and outputs from any
NDA events, and revise the Draft Business Plan as appropriate. Subject to approval by
the UK and Scottish Governments, the NDA will publish the fi nal version of this
document in late March 2018.
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Introduction to the consultation 5
Foreword 9
The Group Estate 10
NDA Corporate Centre 12
NDA Corporate Centre Key Activities 14
A look ahead to 2021 16
NDA Estate key programmes: 20 year overview 18
Our funding 20
Businesses (sites) 23
Sellafi eld Limited 24
Magnox Limited 27
Dounreay Site Restoration Limited 36
LLW Repository Limited 37
Springfi elds Fuels Limited 38
Capenhurst 38
NDA Specialist Subsidiaries 39
Radioactive Waste Management Limited 40
Direct Rail Services Limited 41
International Nuclear Services Limited 41
NDA Archives Limited 42
NDA Properties Limited 42
Rutherford Indemnity Limited 43
Glossary 44
References 45
Useful links 45
Contents
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A remotely operated machine has been sent into Sellafi eld’s most hazardous nuclear waste store for the fi rst time.The ‘Avexis’ robot will help dislodge and clear waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silos.
200 people attended NDA’s fi rst stakeholder summit in west Cumbria in September 2017, an event aimed at encouraging discussion on the NDA’s work.
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The end of nuclear fuel reprocessing
at Sellafi eld will begin in 2018, with
the closure of the Thermal Oxide
Reprocessing Plant, also known as
THORP, followed by the closure of the
Magnox Reprocessing Plant in 2020.
These are landmark events for us
and for the wider community in and
around Sellafi eld - the UK’s largest
and most complex nuclear site.
We will have taken a huge stride in
advancing our mission when the
Magnox site at Bradwell, in Essex,
becomes the fi rst NDA site to enter a
state of care and maintenance. This
means that by 2019 all mobile hazards
and the vast majority of the buildings
will have been cleared. The main
reactor building will be sealed and
Bradwell will be left in a safe condition
before the remaining buildings are
fi nally demolished towards the end of
the 21st century. This achievement will
be a fantastic demonstration of our
workforce’s ability to safely deal with
all the hazards, plants and facilities on
a site.
As well as seeing the great progress
being made across all areas of our
business, the next 3 years will bring
signifi cant changes to how the NDA
will work. The NDA is learning from
the mistakes it made in awarding the
contract to run the Magnox sites and
has taken steps to improve the way
the NDA works.
The NDA has already improved,
standardised and simplifi ed many
of its processes, increasing its
insight and governance over the
progress being made on its sites.
I have strengthened the team with
the addition of a new Commercial
Director, new general legal counsel
and look forward to a new Nuclear
Operations Director joining us early
next year.
So a busy 3 years ahead as we
continue to deliver our mission. We
cannot do this alone. Your involvement
is crucial.
I was hugely impressed at the NDA’s
fi rst stakeholder summit this year by
the depth of people’s interest in our
work. Maintaining strong relationships
is vitally important to the NDA and me
personally. I am committed to meeting
and listening to as many people as
possible from communities around
our sites, and those further afi eld who
have a genuine interest in our mission
to decommission and clean up the
UK’s legacy nuclear sites.
Foreword
David Peattie
Chief Executive
Our mission is clear, clean up the UK’s civil nuclear legacy.
We must conduct it safely, securely and cost-effectively, with the
protection of people and the environment at the forefront of our minds.
Business Plan
purpose
The Business Plan
sets out key activities
and expected
progress for all 17 of
the NDA’s nuclear
sites over the next 3
years. It also outlines
expected income and
expenditure for the
coming fi nancial year.
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We are responsible for decommissioning 17 nuclear sites. This includes
the fi rst generation of Magnox power stations, various research and fuel
facilities and our largest, most complex site, Sellafi eld. The 17 sites are
spread across the UK and we take an estate-wide view of the work.
Our core objective is to decommission these sites safely, securely,
cost-effectively and in a manner that protects the environment.
The NDA is a non-departmental public body
sponsored by the Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The Department and Scottish Ministers are
responsible for approving our plans and
providing a policy framework for the NDA.
The NDA sets the estate-wide strategy,
contract manages the operation of the
businesses and specialist subsidiaries and
provides performance assurance across the
estate to ensure value is delivered for the
taxpayer.
The businesses are responsible for delivering
NDA group progress through their running
of day to day activities. The NDA also has
a portfolio of specialist subsidiaries, which
operate a range of services which we need to
do our work.
We are dealing with one of the most complex, long-term, environmental challenges in Britain.
The Group Estate
REGULATORS
GOVERNMENT
NDA
How the estate operates
Policy,
Governance,
Funding
Strategy + Planning,
Governance + Assurance,
Delivery Optimisation,
Manage and Report
Performance
BUSINESSES
(SLCS +
subsidiaries)
Delivery
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16,000employees across
the estate
1,046hectares of nuclear
licensed land
17sites dating from
post-war decades
12business units
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Businesses
Sellafi eld Ltd
Magnox Ltd
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
LLW Repository Ltd
Springfi elds Fuels Ltd
Capenhurst
Dounreay
Hunterston A
Sellafi eld
Wylfa
Trawsfynydd
Berkeley
Oldbury
Hinkley Point A
Winfrith
Harwell
Dungeness A
Bradwell
Capenhurst
Sizewell A
Springfi elds
Chapelcross
LLW Repository
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NDA Corporate Centre
Our strategy is reviewed every 5 years and provides the framework for delivering our
mission on behalf of government. It sets out our strategic direction and long-term
objectives and determines what the NDA is going to do to deliver its policy obligations.
We’ve developed a Strategy Management System to support the development of
strategic options and make decisions on a series of distinct issues. Our plans set
out how we will deliver the key outcomes required to achieve our mission in the right
timeframe and within the funding agreed with government.
Implement a governance regime that discharges our legal, regulatory and public
service responsibilities to protect the interests of government and taxpayers,
employees and stakeholders. We undertake appropriate assurance of delivery to
ensure the businesses, the NDA and our subsidiaries deliver the outcomes required
to achieve our mission. Risk based planning and assurance, along with the provision
of specialist support, gives confi dence to the NDA and our stakeholders that we have
the right people, processes and plans in place to ensure that hazards are reducing as
planned and that strategy will be delivered. We do this by knowing that projects are
being delivered in line with plans and that programmes are on track to deliver the right
value for money outcomes within agreed funding limits.
We seek the optimum mix of businesses to deliver our mission. These range from
PBO led SLCs through NDA owned subsidiaries to affi liates. These management
arrangements provide a framework for setting out our requirements and expectations
and are designed to deliver our desired outcomes. NDA’s central view helps us to
make optimised and prioritised estate-wide decisions over the short and long-term.
Strategy and Planning
Governance and Assurance
Delivery Optimisation
The Energy Act 2004 (ref 5) transferred the assets and liabilities of all the sites included in this Business Plan to the Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The NDA has 5 offi ces located across the UK with its headquarters in Cumbria and we employ just
over 224 staff. We are accountable for annual expenditure of circa £3 billion.
The NDA is a strategic authority that leads the delivery of the mission through businesses and specialist subsidiaries.
In that leadership role we focus on the following;
We have adopted the principles of; simplification; standardisation; discipline; and focus.
Underpinning all we do is a commitment to encourage the highest standards of
safety, security and environmental responsibility and an open and transparent
approach to secure the support and trust of our stakeholders.
Health, safety, security, environment
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We have introduced Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) meetings with our
businesses. The QPR is at the heart of performance management, driving discipline
around targets, direction, culture, clarity and holding the businesses to account.
We report performance of the businesses to government and stakeholders.
Manage and Report Performance
One of our responsibilities is to ensure the right amount of R&D is carried out to
deliver the full decommissioning programme.
Many ‘never-done-before’ projects require signifi cant innovation and novel
engineering approaches.
The aim is to solve the challenging technical problems more effectively, more
effi ciently and where possible, for less cost to taxpayers.
To maximise the benefi ts of R&D and avoid duplication, the NDA promotes the
estate-wide sharing of good practice and, where appropriate, the adoption of
innovative ideas across multiple sites.
Cleaning up the UK’s nuclear legacy is a long-term environmental challenge that
requires different skills in different locations at different times.
It’s vital, based on the foresight we have, that we create an environment now that
encourages people, no matter at what stage of their career, to develop the right skills
for our mission.
The NDA’s socio-economic mission is to ‘support the maintenance of sustainable
communities’ and our objectives are to:
• Enhance the opportunity for local people to be involved in decommissioning work
or other economic activity through education, retraining and skills development
• Support the diversifi cation of local economies into other sectors –reducing the
reliance of communities on nuclear sites for employment
• Increase the attractiveness of areas near NDA sites and places to live, work and
invest in
• Work with nuclear new build and neighbouring site organisations to work
cohesively on socio-economics and maximise potential benefi ts to the
community.
Research and development
Skills
Socio-economics
Image captions - to be included
We are also focused on getting the right technology, skills and resources in place to help in our mission, as well as ensuring that local
communities are supported socially and economically during and after the clean-up work.
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Key Activities
We categorise our activities under 5 strategic themes. This allows us to bring a clear focus to our mission.
Site Decommissioning and Remediation – to decommission and remediate our sites and release them for other uses.
Spent Fuels – to ensure safe, secure and cost effective lifecycle management of spent fuels.
Nuclear Materials – to ensure safe, secure and cost effective lifecycle management of our nuclear materials.
Integrated Waste Management – to ensure that wastes are managed in a manner that protects people and the environment, now and in the
future, and in ways that comply with government policies and provides value for money.
Critical Enablers – to provide the stable and effective implementation framework that enables the delivery of our mission.
The NDA’s key activities for the next 3 years are set out below:
Funding
Planned expenditure for 2018/19
- £3 billion (circa)
Key Activities Timescale
Nuclear Materials
Work with government to develop a long-term management solution for separated plutonium in the UK. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
The NDA will work with group businesses to explore alternative disposal options for Higher Activity Waste. 2018/21
Critical Enablers
GDF site selection launch and community engagement for RWM. 2018/19
Undertake health of the supply chain review. 2018/19
Review of NDA operations and implementation of the recommendations from the Holliday Inquiry,
NAO landscape report and Public Accounts Committee.2018/21
Manage the existing Magnox Limited contract through to termination; and transition to new arrangements. 2018/21
Development of Strategic opportunities that optimise delivery of the mission. 2018/21
Manage special nuclear materials consolidation in agreed locations. 2018/21
Development and implementation of a Group Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy. 2018/21
Work with HMG to implement workforce reforms across NDA group estate. 2018/21
Provide support to government on nuclear new build decommissioning plans. 2018/21
Working to embed the capability to proactively protect, detect, respond and recover against current and
evolving cyber threats.2018/21
Implementation of our strategic people delivery plan to enable resource planning, skills development and
fl exibility and mobility across the estate.2018/21
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by increasing overall spend with them in line with the
government Growth Agenda.2018/21
Performance management of Group Businesses. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
Continue working with regulators and government to determine institutional controls
appropriate to restoration of nuclear sites.2018/21
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Artist’s impression of how a Geological Disposal Facility may look in operation.
The launch of the site selection process is expected in 2018/19.
The THORP Product Store
The NDA will continue to work with government to develop a long-term management solution for separated plutonium in the UK.
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A look ahead to 2021
The next 3 years will bring a number of landmark achievements across the estate, demonstrating major inroads into our decommissioning mission.
CompleteTHORPreprocessing2018
Sellafi eld’s Thermal Oxide
Reprocessing Plant (THORP) takes
spent nuclear fuel from EDF Energy’s
operational power stations and from
foreign customers.
The closure of THORP in 2018 remains
on track. It will avoid the expense
of replacing many of the plants that
support its operation. This means
we can focus our resources on the
primary task of decommissioning and
remediation.
The end of reprocessing operations
in THORP provides a clear transition
point for Sellafi eld. The site will
move from commercial operations
to decommissioning and continued
management of spent fuel and waste.
Magnox reprocessing complete by end of 2020
Closure of the Magnox Reprocessing
Plant at Sellafi eld is based on the
latest Magnox Operating Programme
and subject to the completion of
defueling and the performance of ageing
facilities that were built many decades
ago.
As a result of completing reprocessing,
a series of products will be suitable for
interim storage pending disposal or
reuse. The conclusion of reprocessing
also benefi ts the environment and
complies with the UK Strategy for
Radioactive Discharges.
All Magnox reactors defueled and fuel transferred by 2019
Of the 11 sites that have Magnox
reactors, only 2 have yet to complete
defueling: Wylfa in Wales will complete
in 2018; Calder Hall on Sellafi eld site is
scheduled to complete in 2019.
All fuel will be transferred for
reprocessing, conditioning and/or
storage at Sellafi eld site. This represents
the culmination of a complex, logistical
and procedural challenge.
By 2018 the radiological hazard on all
Magnox sites across the UK will have
been reduced by 99%. These sites
will prepare to enter a period of
quiescence known as the Care and
Maintenance phase.
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Retrievals from the high hazard facilities - Pile Fuel Cladding Silo and Magnox Swarf Storage Silos by 2020-2021
The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo is one of the
oldest facilities at Sellafi eld.
Retrieval of waste from the Pile Fuel
Cladding Silo at Sellafi eld is scheduled
to start 2 years earlier than forecast.
A simplifi ed, ground-breaking approach
also reduces the cost of this work by
almost £250 million pounds.
Low Level Waste Repository - PCM dealt with by 2019
A series of concrete bunkers that
once stored Plutonium Contaminated
Materials (PCM) look set to be
demolished at least 4 years earlier than
expected - and for £30 million less than
expected.
Located at the Low Level Waste
Repository near Drigg, Cumbria, the
bunkers were known as magazines and
stored PCM generated from operations
at Sellafi eld in the 1950s-1960s.
First NDA site moves into Care and Maintenance phase by 2019
Bradwell in Essex is set to be the UK’s
fi rst Magnox site to reach the stage of
Care and Maintenance, when its two
reactors and ILW store will be sealed.
This period of reduced activity will
last for several decades. Appropriate
management arrangements will be
required for a regime of site security,
monitoring, maintenance and records
management.
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DE
FU
EL
ING
NDA Estate Key Programmes: 20 Year Overview
PROGRAMMESSITE(S)
SUBSIDs12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25 25/26 26/27 27/28 28/29 29/30 30/31 31/32 32/33 33/34 34/35 35/36
Out
years
Transformation (Sellafield) Sellafield Delivering the Transformation
Oxide Fuels - Reprocessing SellafieldTHORP reprocessing POCO
Metal Fuels (Magnox Operating Programme (MOP))
Sellafield,
Magnox
and
DounreaySizewell A
Oldbury
Wylfa
Calder Hall
Magnox reprocessing
High Level Waste Management (Inc HAL)
Sellafield
POCO
POCO
Magnox Decommissioning Programme
Magnox
BerkeleyWylfa; Dungeness A; Sizewell A; Oldbury; Chapelcross
Winfrith Hinkley
Hunterston A
Pile Fuel Storage Pond Sellafield
Pile Fuel Cladding Silo Sellafield
Design and Construction of BEPPS/ DIF
Dounreay Decommissioning Programme (incl Exotics)
Dounreay Decommissioning under target cost contract Interim End State
achieved
First Generation Magnox Storage Pond
Sellafield
Self shielded boxes and interim safe store – Generation of storage capability
Bulk Retrievals from Pond, D-bay and other wet bays
Residual Retrievals from Pond, D-bay and other wet bays. Retrievals from dry decanning facilities (to 2035)
Magnox Swarf Storage Silo Sellafield SEP 1 SEP 3
Box Encapsulation Plant – Construction
Silo Maintenance Facility – Construction
Preparation Bulk Retrievals to 2050
Oxide Fuels - Receipts Sellafield AGR fuel receipts from EDF Energy
Higher Activity Wastes (Inc RWM) All SLCs Construction
Low Level Waste (LLW) All SLCsDeliver the Joint Low Level Waste Management Plan *Lifetime plan to 2080
SIT
ES
IN
TO
C&
M
Decommissioning under target cost contract
Self shielded boxes and interim safe storGeneration of storage capability
Box Encapsulation Plant – Construction
Silo Maintenance Facility – Construction
AGR fuel receipts from EDF Energy
Deliver the Joint Low Level Waste Management Plan
ransformation
THORP reprocessing
ocessing
Decommissioning under target cost contract
Silo Maintenance Facility – Construction
AGR fuel receipts from EDF Energy
Deliver the Joint Low Level W
Delivering the T
THORP reprocessing
Sizewell A
Calder Hall
Magnox repr
Preparation
AGR fuel receipts from EDF Energy
Deliver the Joint Low Level W
Design and Construction of BEPPS/ DIF
Decommissioning under target cost contract
Self shielded boxes and interim safe storGeneration of storage capability
Box Encapsulation Plant – Construction
Silo Maintenance Facility – Construction
AGR fuel receipts from EDF Energy
aste Management Plan
Design and Construction of BEPPS/ DIF
Decommissioning under target cost contract
Self shielded boxes and interim safe storGeneration of storage capability
Bulk Retrievals frand other wet bays
Box Encapsulation Plant – Construction
Silo Maintenance Facility – Construction
aste Management Plan
Design and Construction of BEPPS/ DIF
Self shielded boxes and interim safe stor
Bulk Retrievals from Pond, D-bay and other wet bays
Box Encapsulation Plant – Construction
Design and Construction of BEPPS/ DIF
om Pond, D-bay
SEP 1 SEP 3
Repro Complete
Defueling complete
First retrievals Start Bulk retrievals
Start Bulk retrievals
Bulk sludge retrieved
Pond emptied
Bulk fuel retrieved
All exoticsoffsite
Prototype Fastreactor dismantled
Fuel cycle area decom & Shaft and Silo encap
Bulk HAL vitrified
Bulk sludge retrieved
Dounreay Fastreactor dismantled
Last of EDF fuel receipts
*Timing of POCO will depend on MOP9 schedules
Repro complete
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C&M
First retrievals
Defueling complete
PCM complete
All dates shown above and in the subsequent pages represent the latest emerging information and are subject to change.
Launch of siting processSites identified for investigation Borehole investigations Commence Construction
First waste emplaced 2040
Dungeness A
Chapelcross
POCO*
Evaporator D construction
Vitfrification of Highly Active Liquor (HAL)
Reduction of HAL stocks
Berkeley Vaults project
Bradwell
Retrievals in process for de-watering Retrievals during de-watering
Trawsfynydd, Harwell
Preparations Retrievals
FGMSP export project - Generation of export capability
Bulk sludge and fuel retrievals - Generation of capability to retrieve sludge from pond and D-bay
Preparation
SEP 2 SEP 3
Community engagement, site evaluations and characterisation and technical development
Defueling complete
Defueling complete
Bulk HAL vitrified
Pond emptied
All exotics Prototype Fast Fuel cycle area decom offsite reactor dismantled & Shaft and Silo encap
Bulk sludge retrieved Bulk fuel retrieved
First retrievals Start Bulk retrievals
Launch of siting processSites identified for investigation Borehole investigations Commence Construction
PCM complete
Completion of initial decommissioning activities, sites entry
into Care and Maintenance and the end of reprocessing.
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Spent Fuels
Integrated Waste Management
Critical Enablers
Major Milestones
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Funding framework
The NDA is publicly funded through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS),
our total planned expenditure is voted upon annually by Parliament.
Revenue generated through the commercial activities of the NDA reduce the level of public funding
required from Government.
Commercial income
We maximise revenue from our existing assets and operations to help fund decommissioning and
clean-up, in order to reduce the level of public funding required to meet the scope of our plans and
delivery of the NDA mission. The commercial operations of the NDA are primarily spent fuel and nuclear
materials management with additional opportunities identifi ed in providing transportation services.
We will pursue all commercial opportunities using our existing assets, operations and people where
it does not materially impact on our core mission or increase our liabilities. The nature of our current
commercial activities means we have to manage a signifi cant degree of income volatility, largely due to
our operations relying on ageing assets and infrastructure.
Prioritisation and allocation of funding
Within affordability constraints, we will seek to maintain progress and maximise value for money through
the effective implementation of our strategy. This will mean focussing on delivery of work on the highest
hazards and risks, whilst ensuring that safe, secure and environmentally responsible site operations are
maintained.
Planned income and expenditure in 2018/2019
This Business Plan sets out our anticipated income and expenditure for 2018/2019 as agreed with HM
Treasury and BEIS.
Our total planned expenditure for 2018/2019 is £3.146 billion, of which £2.269 billion will be funded by
UK Government and £0.877 billion by income from commercial operations. Planned expenditure on
site programmes will be £2.967 billion, while non-site expenditure is expected to be £0.179 billion. This
non-site expenditure includes skills development, socio-economic, research and development (R&D),
insurance and pension costs, fees to businesses, implementing geological disposal and NDA operating
costs as detailed on page 22.
Our funding
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Planned income and expenditure summary 2018/19
£M
Businesses and specialist
subsidiaries
Decom &
Clean-up
Costs
(A)
Total Operations Costs 2018/19
Plan
Total
(A+B+C)
Running
Cost (B)
Capex
(C)
Sellafi eld Ltd (including gas
costs for steam)
1,142 641 217 2,000
Trading and Gas Costs
(Sellafi eld)
24 24
Magnox Ltd 490 490
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd 192 192
LLWR Ltd 79 79
Springfi elds Fuels Ltd 20 20
Capenhurst 55 55
Nuclear Transport and
Contract Management
109 109
Non-Site Expenditure 179 179
TOTAL 2,179 749 217 3,146
Income 877
Net 2,269
Notes:
1. Numbers may not cast due to rounding
2. Final Annual Site Funding Limits issued in March 2018 may be adjusted to refl ect effi ciency, performance and
portfolio pressures.
3. The NDA reserves the right to reallocate funding to meet prioritised programme needs.
Summary of NDA funding (2018/19 onwards)
Summary of NDA funding 2018/19
£M
2019/20
£M
2020/21
£M
Income 877 1,154 TBC - will be
confirmed
in next
spending
review
Government Funding 2,269 1,988
Expenditure (3,146) (3,142)
Balance 0 0
2017/18
Plan
Total
2,000
24
572
189
75
34
61
106
177
3,239
879
2,360
22
2018/19 breakdown of non-site expenditure
Non-site expenditure 2018/19
Plan
£M
2017/18
Plan
£M
NDA Operating Costs 41 41
Radioactive Waste Management Limited 30 26
Socio Economic, Skills, Research and
Development, Knowledge Management,
Other
31 31
Estate Insurance 16 16
NDA Properties, Policy Support, NDA Asset
decommissioning
17 20
Contractor Fees 43 43
Total 179 177
2018/19 breakdown of planned income by category
Income source 2018/19
Plan
£M
2017/18
Plan
£M
Reprocessing and Fuel Management Services 761 770
Electricity Generation 0 9
NDA - INS Transport 74 63
Intra Site Services 42 37
Total 877 879
Our funding
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At Dounreay, decommissioning activities in the Fuel Cycle Area.
Businesses (sites)
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Sellafield Limited
On the 1 April 2016 Sellafi eld Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA.
Current key milestones
2018 - Completion of THORP reprocessing
2019 - Implement and embed the long-term partnership supply chain in Major
Projects (Programme and Project Partner - PPP)
2020 - Begin retrievals from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo and Magnox Swarf
Storage Silos
2020 - Completion of Magnox reprocessing including defueling of Calder Hall
Planned expenditure for 2018/19
- £2 billion
265 hectare site in Cumbria.
All 265 hectares remain covered by
the nuclear site licence.
Modifi cations of designating
direction signed by the Minister in
Jan 2012.
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
The areas of principal focus are the redundant Legacy Ponds & Silos facilities, made up of the Pile Fuel Storage Pond, Pile
Fuel Cladding Silo, First Generation Magnox Storage Pond and Magnox Swarf Storage Silo. These facilities supported the
development of the nuclear programme in the UK from the early 1950s. Latterly, they have supported the generation from
the fleet of Magnox power stations. The programmes include the removal of nuclear fuel, sludge and solid material which
require the provision of equipment to retrieve the various wastes and then treat and store them in passive condition.
This process needs to take into account the role of Integrated Waste Management in achieving hazard reduction and
long-term safety, security and environmental protection requirements.
Pile Fuel Storage Pond
• Continue sustained sludge exports.
• Ready to start dewatering.
2018/21
Pile Fuel Cladding Silo
• Completion of Inactive Safety commissioning of Box Encapsulation Plant and Product Store
(BEPPS)/Direct Import facility (DIF).
• Commence inactive commissioning of waste retrieval equipment
• Move to volume production of 3m3 boxes
• Begin retrievals from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo
2018/21
First Generation Magnox Storage Pond
• Commence Bulk sludge removal from D Bay.
• Continue to export fuel and sludge from the pond.
2018/21
Magnox Swarf Storage Silo
• Implement the revised Magnox Swarf Storage Silo Strategy
• Complete active commissioning of SEP 2 (Silo Emptying Plant)
• Commence SEP1 (Silo Emptying Plant) Phase 1 active commissioning
• Silos Maintenance Facility complete.
• First export of waste through the Encapsulated Product Store - waste treatment route.
• Progress the project for the bulk manufacture of 3m3 boxes.
• Begin retrievals from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo
2018/21
Sellafield
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Key Activities Timescale
Decommissioning
• Continue the decommissioning and demolition of Windscale Pile Chimney Number 1.
• Continue the demolition of SEP Head End Stack.
• Complete the removal of remaining gloveboxes from Finishing Line 3.
2018/21
Spent Fuels
All of the spent fuels discharged from the operating Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor (AGR) power stations and defueling
Magnox power stations reactors are sent to Sellafield for management. The management of AGR fuel under contracts with
EDF Energy provides a significant income stream to the NDA.
Completion of THORP reprocessing. 2018/19
Continue to receive and manage AGR spent fuel from EDF Energy. 2018/21
Continue to reprocess Magnox spent fuel in line with MOP9. 2018/21
Completion of Magnox reprocessing. 2019/21
Nuclear Materials
Sellafield is the custodian of the majority of the UK’s stockpile of plutonium which is held in safe and secure storage.
Consolidation of materials is an ongoing activity and will continue to be part of the site’s mission.
Continue the safe and secure storage of plutonium in line with UK policy. 2018/21
Continue to receive and securely store special nuclear materials from Dounreay. 2018/21
Ensure safe, secure management of our uranics inventory. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
The various activities of the site produce wastes in many forms. These require varying degrees of treatment and onward
processing. The site will continue to focus on safe, efficient management of these wastes, including: the conversion of
Highly Active Liquor (HAL) into passively safe vitrified waste; the return of vitrified material overseas; and the management
of on-site intermediate and low level wastes.
Continue to process HAL through the Waste Vitrifi cation Plant. 2018/21
Continue the programme to repatriate overseas owned vitrifi ed waste to its country of origin. 2018/21
Continue to generate savings and preserve capacity at the LLW Repository by diversion of materials into
the supply chain for alternate treatment.2018/21
Continue the programmes to receive and treat waste materials from Harwell and AWE Aldermaston. 2018/21
Major milestones
KEY
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Key Activities Timescale
Critical Enablers
A number of key enabling activities require specific focus, ranging from infrastructure refurbishment or replacement
projects, in support of the above activities, through to key change programmes which aim to improve operational delivery
and efficiency on site.
Continue the Sellafi eld security and resilience enhancement programme. 2018/21
Continue with improvements to the site utilities infrastructure. 2018/21
Continue the Sellafi eld Limited Transformation to support future business requirements. 2018/21
Continue the project to improve and replace Analytical Services. 2018/21
Progress the improvement of Project delivery on site. 2018/21
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by targeting overall spend with them in line with the
government Growth Agenda.2018/21
Continuation of information assurance activities and supporting processes. 2018/21
Prepare the business to move out of reprocessing. 2018/21
Implement and embed the long-term partnership with the supply chain in Major Projects (Programme
and Project Partnership - PPP).2018/21
Work collaboratively with NuGen to manage issues and opportunities arising from the neighbouring
Moorside site.2018/21
Progress with the project to provide contingency against failure of vessels and pipework in the Site Ion
Exchange Plant.2018/21
Regulatory Control
Continue joint working between Offi ce for Nuclear Regulation, Environment Agency, Sellafi eld Ltd, NDA,
UKGI and BEIS with the overriding objective of accelerating risk and hazard reduction.2018/21
Reduce environmental risk (including retrieval and treatment of legacy wastes, reduction of HAL stocks). 2018/21
Minimise discharges in line with UK discharge strategy. 2018/21
Ongoing delivery of the suite of improvements necessary to ensure that the site is resilient to severe
events.2018/21
Maintain an asset management regime that takes into account the impact of asset condition on meeting
regulation.2018/21
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Magnox Limited
(Operated by PBO: Cavendish Fluor Partnership - Cavendish Nuclear and Fluor Corporation)
Magnox Ltd is the SLC responsible for the operation of 12 sites Berkeley, Bradwell, Chapelcross,
Dungeness A, Harwell, Hinkley Point A, Hunterston A, Oldbury, Sizewell A, Trawsfynydd, Winfrith and Wylfa
(see pictures below reading left to right, top to bottom).
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Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Bradwell to achieve its Interim State and move into the effective care and maintenance phase. 2018/19
Continuation of estate decommissioning and demolition activities working towards Interim States. 2018/21
Continue preparations for Winfrith to enter its Interim State. 2018/21
Spent Fuels
Completion of Magnox fuel fl ask fl eet management and transfer responsibility to Sellafi eld Ltd.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Completion of Wylfa defueling.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Management of MOP9 and co-ordination of Magnox fuel management activities with
Sellafi eld and Dounreay.
2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Nuclear Materials
Continuation of the programme for the transfer of nuclear materials. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Delivery of the Magnox elements of the estate-wide low level waste management plan
including diversion to alternative treatment.2018/21
Progression of activities to retrieve, process and package wastes. 2018/21
Asbestos management – Continued focus on the major risk of asbestos including production of an
optimised, underpinned strategy for asbestos, without detriment to Care and Maintenance.2018/21
Planned expenditure for 2018/19 - £490 million
The Magnox Business Plan is based upon the latest annual update of the Lifetime Performance Plan.
The NDA will monitor and assure performance, reporting on the delivery of the revised contract to termination and the
associated contract fee milestones. Key milestones, known as Authority Milestones, are required to be delivered by
defi ned dates.
The NDA requires Magnox SLC to support transition to the new operating model and to manage defueling of the
Magnox reactor fl eet; progress the preparations to enter Care and Maintenance, achieving a quiescent Interim State
and ultimately Final Site Clearance of the Magnox sites.
Major milestones
KEY
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Key Activities Timescale
Critical Enablers
Support to the Government in activities to deliver the new build agenda and preparations for
decommissioning the AGR fl eet.2018/21
Continuation of information governance activities and supporting processes. 2018/21
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by targeting overall spend with them in
line with government Growth Agenda.2018/21
Support to NDA in property activities to reduce NDA decommissioning liability and achieve
best value on asset disposal.2018/21
Development of Interim End State approaches, utilising revised management arrangements. 2018/21
Enacting management arrangements for Care and Maintenance state. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
Ensuring the management arrangements for Interim State are determined and agreed with
Regulators.2018/21
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the transfer of Nuclear Materials between
sites.2018/21
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Interim End State defi nition and
arrangements for Winfrith.2018/21
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Berkeley
Bradwell
Key Activities Timescale
Integrated Waste Management
Continuation of retrieval and packaging activities in the active waste vaults. 2018/21
Continuation of design and commissioning of shielded area waste retrieval equipment.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Continuation of waste retrieval plant design, commissioning and packaging. 2018/21
Design and Build of encapsulation facility.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities ongoing in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and transitional
arrangements.2018/19
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Berkeley ILW Management Programme. 2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with
Regulators.2018/21
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/19
Ponds complex and contaminated structures (vaults) completed for entry into Care and
Maintenance.2018/19
Completion of fi nal closures for Reactor buildings safestore. 2018/19
Site completes activities to enable entry into effective Care and Maintenance. 2018/19
Interim State of lead site achieved. 2018/19
Integrated Waste Management
Completion of transition management arrangements for Care and Maintenance. 2018/19
Ongoing monitoring of care and maintenance phase. 2019/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and transitional
arrangements.2018/19
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with
Regulators.2018/19
Current key milestones
2023 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2070 - Final Site Clearance begins
2079 - Final Site Clearance achieved
Current key milestones
2018 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2083 - Final Site Clearance begins
2092 - Final Site Clearance achieved
27 hectare site in Gloucestershire.
11 hectares have been de-designated.
Modifi cation of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in January 2012.
16 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence
20 hectare site in Essex.
All 20 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
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Chapelcross
Dungeness A
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Continuation of pond operations. 2018/19
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into
Care and Maintenance.2018/21
Preparations for pond draining and stabilisation. 2019/21
Integrated Waste Management
ILW retrievals. 2018/19
Interim storage facility constructed and commissioned. 2018/19
Encapsulation facility Design and Build complete. 2019/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and transitional
arrangements.2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with
Regulators.2018/21
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Ponds cleaned and stabilised. 2018/19
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into
Care and Maintenance.2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Increase waste conditioning facility capability. 2018/19
Retrievals, treatment and transport of ILW.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Bulk asbestos removal from reactor buildings. 2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and
transitional arrangements.2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with
Regulators.2018/21
Current key milestones
2025 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2085 - Final Site Clearance begins
2095 - Final Site Clearance achieved
Current key milestones
2025 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2087 - Final Site Clearance begins
2097 - Final Site Clearance achieved
96 hectare site in Dumfries and Galloway.
All 96 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
20 hectare site in Kent.
All 20 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
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Harwell
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Continuation of Liquid Effl uent Treatment Plant (LETP) area environmental restoration. 2018/21
Decommissioning and demolition activities. 2018/21
Nuclear Materials
Continuation of the programme for the transfer of nuclear materials and contact-handled ILW. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Completion of ILW Store construction. 2018/19
Recovery, processing and packaging of solid ILW. 2018/21
Preparations for decommissioning of Radium chemistry facilities. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of decommissioning and demolition activities. 2018/21
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and arrangements. 2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with Regulators. 2018/21
Current key milestones
2027 - Primary facilities decommissioning
complete
2027 - Reactor decommissioning complete
2027-28 - Interim State achieved
2064 - Final site clearance achieved
108 hectare site in Oxfordshire.
22 hectares have been de-designated.
Modifi cation of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in December 2012
and July 2017.
86 hectares remian covered by the nuclear site licence
Hinkley Point A
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Complete deplant and demolition of Turbine Hall.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Integrated Waste Management
Complete Wet Waste and Vessel consolidations. 2018/19
Continuation of FED retrieval activities. 2018/21
Continuation of ILW skip management arrangements. 2018/21
Complete waste conditioning facility construction and commissioning.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Continue preparations for Sludge Canning Building waste retrievals. 2018/21
Commence Interim Storage Facility construction and commissioning. 2019/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and arrangements. 2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with Regulators. 2018/21
20 hectare site in Somerset.
All 20 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
Current key milestones
2027 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2081 - Final Site Clearance begins
2090 - Final Site Clearance achieved
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Hunterston A
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Completion of solid ILW encapsulation plant construction and mechanical and electrical installation.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Progressing of ILW retrievals, processing and storage activities. 2018/21
Completion of inactive commissioning of solid ILW encapsulation plant. 2019/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and transitional
arrangements.2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with Regulators. 2018/21
Current key milestones
2024 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2071 - Final Site Clearance begins
2080 - Final Site Clearance achieved15 hectare site in Ayrshire.
All 15 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
Oldbury
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Complete ponds decommissioning preparations.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Complete ponds draining, cleaning and stabilisation. 2019/21
Integrated Waste Management
ILW retrieval enabling works.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Progression of activities supporting consolidated ILW storage. 2018/21
Commence retrievals, treatment and transport of ILW. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and transitional
arrangements.2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with Regulators. 2018/21
Current key milestones
2027 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2092 - Final Site Clearance begins
2103 - Final Site Clearance achieved
47 hectare site in South Gloucestershire.
32 hectares have been de-designated.
Modifi cation of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in January 2012.
15 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
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Sizewell A
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Continuation of ponds decommissioning. 2018/21
Ponds draining and stabilisation.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Integrated Waste Management
FED retrievals.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
ILW retrieval enabling works.2018/21
(complete 2019/21)
Progression of activities to support consolidation of ILW storage. 2018/21
Commencement of retrievals, treatment and transport of ILW. 2019/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and arrangements. 2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with Regulators. 2018/21
Current key milestones
2027 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2088 - Final Site Clearance begins
2097 - Final Site Clearance achieved14 hectare site in Suffolk.
All 14 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
Trawsfynydd
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Continue developing strategy for ponds End State conditions. 2018/21
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Completion of sludge and resin encapsulation. 2018/19
FED retrievals and encapsulation. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of decommissioning and demolition activities. 2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with
Regulators.2018/21
Current key milestones
2029 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2074 - Final site clearance begins
2083 - Final site clearance achieved15 hectare site in North Wales.
All 15 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
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Winfrith
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
SGHWR – development of the detailed design to remove the reactor core. 2018/19
SGHWR – completion of primary containment decommissioning activities. 2018/19
DRAGON – continue reactor decommissioning. 2018/21
SGHWR – continue design and build of reactor decommissioning equipment. 2018/21
SGHWR – continue decommissioning of the primary and secondary containment areas. 2018/21
Decommissioning and demolition activities. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Commence consolidation of packaged ILW in the Harwell store. 2019/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of decommissioning and demolition activities. 2018/21
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Interim End State Defi nition and arrangements for
Winfrith.2018/21
Current key milestones
2022 - DRAGON reactor complex
decommissioning complete
2023 - Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor
(SGHWR) complex decommissioning complete
2023 - Interim End State achieved
96 hectare site in Dorset.
7 hectares have been de-designated.
Modifi cation of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in March 2014.
89 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence
Wylfa
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance. 2018/21
Provision of support and assets to nuclear new build. 2018/21
Spent Fuels
Defueling activities in line with MOP9 (ref 4). 2018/21
Completion of Wylfa defueling in line with MOP9 (ref 4). 2019/21
Integrated Waste Management
Continuation of ILW retrievals and packaging. 2018/21
Continuation of waste retrieval enabling activities. 2018/21
Regulatory Control
Preparations for fuel free verifi cation agreement with the ONR. 2018/19
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry defi nitions and arrangements. 2018/21
Ensuring the management arrangements for Care and Maintenance are determined and agreed with Regulators. 2018/21
Complete fuel free verifi cation agreement with the ONR. 2019/21
Current key milestones
2026 - Site enters Care and Maintenance
2097 - Final Site Clearance begins
2105 - Final Site Clearance achieved21 hectare site in Anglesey.
All 21 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
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Dounreay
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMTR) building complex structures demolished (excluding the reactor). 2018/19
Decontamination facility (D2900) handover to demolition. 2019/21
Complete POCO of Dounreay Cementation Plant (D2700). 2019/21
Spent Fuels
Unirradiated Uranium Processing plant (D1203) handover to demolition. 2019/21
Nuclear Materials
Liquid metal hazard at DFR eliminated. 2018/21
Complete delivery of all fuels from DFR. 2019/21
Integrated Waste Management
PFR Raffi nate immobilisation complete. 2019/21
Silo declassifi ed and backfi lled. 2019/21
Critical Enablers
Support small and medium enterprise (SME) organisations by measuring and reporting overall spend with them,
in-line with the government growth agenda.2018/21
Regulatory Control
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Interim End State Defi nition and arrangements for Dounreay. 2018/21
Current key milestones
2025 - All fuel in long-term storage or shipped off site.
2025 - Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) dismantled.
2026 - Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) dismantled.
2028 - Shaft and Silo encapsulation complete.
2030 - Site clearance and environmental restoration phase 3 complete.
2030-33 - Interim End State achieved.
Planned expenditure for 2018/19
- £192 million
60 hectare site (plus 12 hectares
designated for LLW facility) in
Caithness.
60 hectares remain covered by the
nuclear site licence, the 12 for the LLW
facility are designated but not licensed.
Modifi cation in designating direction
signed by the Minister in Jan 2012.
Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL is owned by a parent body (PBO) - Cavendish Dounreay Partnership Limited comprising
Cavendish Nuclear, CH2M Hill & AECOM)
DSRL is contracted to carry out the decommissioning of the Dounreay site as well as the operation of the Low
Level Waste (LLW) disposal facility next to the licensed site. In March 2015, a revised Lifetime Plan was approved,
incorporating scope to move material from Dounreay to Sellafi eld, that had not been agreed or fi nalised when the
original contract was signed. In July 2015, this scope was further updated. Dounreay will continue to deliver within its
assigned annual site funding limits, while also delivering the additional scope. The contract extension required for the
additional scope is still earlier than the pre-competition baseline for achieving Interim End State. The activities below
give the current understanding of the updated plans and are subject to change.
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Low Level Waste Repository Limited (Operated by PBO - UK Nuclear Waste Management Limited - AECOM, Studsvik UK, Areva)
Low Level Waste Repository Limited (LLWR) is responsible for both the operation of the LLW site and the
delivery of the National Low Level Waste Programme on behalf of the NDA.
LLWR
Current key milestones
2019 - PCM decommissioning complete.
2019 - Security programme complete.
2024 - Type B programme complete.
2025 - Final capping of Vault 8.
2080 - Final site clearance achieved.
Planned expenditure for 2018/19 - £79 million
99 hectare site in Cumbria.
All 99 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Complete decommissioning of Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) facilities. 2018/19
Ongoing site preparation for phased construction of the fi nal cap for trenches 1 to 7 and Vault 8. 2018/21
Integrated Waste Management
Delivery of the National LLW Programme to optimise LLW Strategy implementation. Work with con-
signing SLC’s to improve waste forecasts and inventory & continue segregated waste, treatment and
disposal services.
2018/21
Work with the NDA to support innovation in approaches to waste management. 2018/21
Type B Programme fl eet commences key transport scope. 2018/21
Critical Enablers
Complete Site Security Programme. 2018/19
Support hazard reduction across the NDA estate. 2018/21
Manage and operate LLWR safely to provide an effective UK disposal service. 2018/21
Consideration of options to further optimise operations at the LLWR. 2018/21
Continue to pursue overall cost savings in delivery of the Lifetime Plan. 2018/21
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by targeting overall spend with them in line with the
government Growth Agenda.2018/21
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Springfields Fuels Limited (Owned by Westinghouse Electric UK Holdings Ltd)
Planned expenditure for 2018/19 - £20 million
Springfi elds is a nuclear fuel manufacturing site and is located near Preston in Lancashire. The site is operated by
Springfi elds Fuels Limited (SFL) and used to manufacture a range of fuel products for both UK and international
customers and decommissioning historic uranic residues and redundant facilities.
From April 2010, the NDA permanently transferred ownership of the company to Westinghouse Electric including the
freedom to invest for the future under the terms of a new 150 year lease. SFL is contracted to provide defi ned
decommissioning and clean up services to the NDA to address historic liabilities, prior to the transfer.
Urenco Nuclear Stewardship Ltd (Owned by URENCO Ltd - and formerly known as
Capenhurst Nuclear Services Ltd)
Planned expenditure for 2018/19 - £55 million
The NDA Capenhurst site is located near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, and was formerly home to uranium enrichment
plant and associated facilities that ceased operation in 1982.
In 2012, the site was transferred to URENCO, owners of the adjacent licensed site, and was amalgamated into a single
nuclear licence site, paving the way for URENCO to invest in new facilities, in order to meet future customer demand.
As part of this transfer, URENCO established Urenco Nuclear Stewardship (UNS), formerly known as Capenhurst
Nuclear Services, to provide responsible management of uranic materials and carry out remediation work on behalf of
NDA. UNS manages 95% of the NDA’s uranic inventory and provides broader decommissioning and remediation works
for redundant facilities, in order to utilise space to maximise effi ciency.
NDA and UNS have also signed an agreement for the processing of UK Government-owned by-product/legacy
material from uranium enrichment (known as ‘Tails’) through URENCO’s Tails Management Facility.
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Progress decommissioning of the Magnox Fuel Production facilities. 2018/21
Continue management of historical legacy materials and facilities. 2018/21
Key Activities Timescale
Site Decommissioning and Remediation
Progress Legacy Cylinder Facility Design. 2018/19
Continued safe storage of uranic materials. 2018/21
Capenhurst
Springfields
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The Nuclear and Caithness Archive at Wick, a project controlled by NDA Archives Limited.
NDA Specialist Subsidiaries
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Radioactive Waste Management Limited
The UK Government’s 2014 White Paper, “Implementing Geological Disposal” establishes NDA’s role as the
implementer in a consent-based process to develop a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for the UK’s higher activity
radioactive waste. In 2014, NDA established Radioactive Waste Management Limited (RWM) as its delivery body for a
GDF.
The White Paper set out a programme of three initial actions to be completed before the siting process could
begin (National Geological Screening led by RWM and two BEIS-led actions). These initial actions are now close to
completion and the current planning assumption is that the GDF Siting Process will be launched in June 2018.
This approach does not apply in Scotland. The Scottish Government has published ‘Scotland’s Higher Activity
Radioactive Waste Policy 20111. Scottish Government Policy states that: “The long-term management of higher
activity radioactive waste should be in near-surface facilities. Facilities should be located as near to the site where the
waste is produced as possible”.
Delivering a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for the UK is mission critical for both the Government and the NDA.
The NDA currently has a major programme of decommissioning and waste management across Great Britain;
retrieving, packaging and storing waste ready for disposal. A GDF provides an end point for that programme. A safe
disposal route for waste is also critical to supporting the Government’s nuclear new build programme, making sure the
UK has access to safe, secure, affordable, low-carbon energy.
Waste is being retrieved and packaged now. Over 70,000 packages are already in surface stores awaiting a GDF, and
are accumulating at 3,000 packages per year. RWM works with the producers of radioactive waste to ensure that
waste being packaged now is suitable for disposal in a future GDF. We also work with the NDA in support of waste
management strategy development.
RWM’s vision2 is a safer future by managing radioactive waste effectively, to protect people and the environment with
our mission to deliver geological disposal and provide radioactive waste management solutions.
1 RWM is working with the NDA and Scottish Government to establish how it should support implementation of Scottish Government policy.2 Radioactive Waste Management Corporate Strategy 2015 – 2018.
Key Activities 2018-2021
Support the launch of the geological disposal siting process in line with government policy.
Implement government policy on geological disposal of Higher Activity Waste (HAW).
Deliver a robust technical programme to drive our design and safety assessment work.
Develop Radioactive Waste Management Limited into a competent delivery organisation.
Work pro-actively with waste producers, planning for and delivering disposability assessments for their range of wastes.
Develop and implement joint Integrated Radioactive Waste Programme with LLWR.
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Direct Rail Services Limited
Direct Rail Services (DRS) Limited was established in 1995 to provide a rail service for the transportation of nuclear
material. DRS operates in non-nuclear business where it enhances our ability to deliver the core mission, through
developing a critical mass that ensures we attract and retain people of the highest calibre and provide an environment
that fosters innovation and operational excellence. DRS has developed and maintained an industry leading reputation
for providing safe, secure, reliable and cost effective services within both the nuclear and non-nuclear related markets.
International Nuclear Services Limited
International Nuclear Services (INS) Limited manages a large portfolio of UK and international contracts for nuclear fuel
recycling and transport services on behalf of the NDA. INS operates a subsidiary company, Pacifi c Nuclear Transport
Limited (PNTL), the world’s leading marine transporter of specialist nuclear materials.
Over the next three years, INS will continue its focus on the return of vitrifi ed wastes to their country of origin. In
addition INS will continue to provide transport services to existing international customers whilst also developing
opportunities for new commercial business both internationally and in support of the UK decommissioning programme.
Key Activities 2018-2021
Continue the management of contracts with international customers for spent fuel business.
Manage uranium and plutonium services for international spent fuel business.
Transport nuclear materials including Spent Fuel, Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel, vitrifi ed High Level Waste (HLW) and
conditioned Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) internationally and shipments of materials under the US Government’s
Material Management and Minimisation (M3) initiative.
Support the NDA in the development and implementation of transport solutions to enable the UK decommissioning
programme.
Continue, where appropriate, to seek opportunities for new business within shipping, transport package and system
design for radioactive materials, and acting as an agent for the overseas sale of UK Intellectual Property in relation to
spent fuel and waste management, nuclear decommissioning and transport.
Key Activities 2018-2021
Delivery of the rail transport element in support of the completion of MOP.
Support national nuclear material rail movements for Harwell, Winfrith and DSRL.
Support AGR fuel movements by rail for EDF from stations to Sellafi eld.
Support the discharge of NDA obligations with respect to MOD Nuclear rail transportation.
Provide value for money to the tax payer through the execution of identifi ed non-nuclear work that compliments the
skills and capabilities required to support the core nuclear mission.
Provide rail authority expertise to the NDA and consider areas of synergy between DRS and INS in support of the NDA’s
strategic transport capability review.
Programme manage the manufacture of new rail wagons to support Magnox and EDF.
Operate and maintain a fl eet of locomotives to support NDA operations.
Attract and retain the necessary skills, capability and diversity of talent to deliver our rail logistics business in a safe,
secure and reliable manner.
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NDA Properties Limited
NDA Properties Limited primarily acts as a property management for assets outside the nuclear licence site boundaries,
in accordance with the NDA’s Land and Property Management Strategy. Over the next three years, NDA Properties Ltd
will continue to optimise the use of assets for the benefi t of the NDA, including undertaking selected developments,
whilst disposing those surplus to requirements.
Key Activities 2018-2021
Effective and proactive management of the property portfolio.
Development of Off Site Command Facility at Moresby for Sellafi eld Ltd by 2019.
Development of offi ces at Warrington to replace Hinton House by 2021.
Disposal of surplus assets to raise capital receipts of circa £500,000 per annum.
NDA Archives Limited
NDA Archives Ltd operates as a separate delivery organisation for the provision of archive and records management
services primarily to the NDA estate. We have established a number of Service and End User Agreements and are
overseeing the management of a Commercial Partner (Restore Scan Limited) who is operating a purpose-built archive
facility in Wick; Nucleus, the Nuclear & Caithness Archive.
Currently, very few of the NDA’s information assets are managed to the standards required of us as a public authority.
The NDA owns and is accountable for the records from across the estate and, accordingly, has developed a pro-
gramme to manage them effectively from creation to destruction. The principal role of Nucleus is to consolidate and
appropriately store these records ensuring that they remain secure, that their integrity stays intact (many of them will be
required for 300+ years) and that they can be accessed in line with legislation and the relevant business requirements.
The facility became operational (and open to the public) on 14 February 2017 with the accessioning of both the entire
Dounreay photographic collection and the Caithness Archive, the latter fulfi lling a socio-economic commitment to the
Dounreay community. Since then, other signifi cant collections have also been relocated and it is expected that this
aspect of the programme will continue for at least another 4 to 5 years.
Key Activities 2018-2021
Nucleus working in accordance with the National Archive’s Accreditation Standards (regulatory best practice).
Complete relocation of the ‘known’ legacy archives, to include all ex-UKAEA records.
Complete relocation of all NDA-owned and archived records above OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE.
Continuing to work with interested third parties to potentially provide services to others outside the NDA estate.
Optimise usage of the Nucleus facility with respect to Business Continuity and Resilience Planning requirements of the
NDA and its estate.
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Rutherford Indemnity Limited
Rutherford Indemnity Limited is registered in Guernsey and is regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
The Company provides insurance cover for the NDA and its estate. Over the next three years, Rutherford will continue to
focus on the provision of insurance cover, at competitive rates, to support the NDA programme, with particular focus on
nuclear liability cover and provision of support for changes arising from expected revisions to the Nuclear Installations Act
1965.
Key Activities 2018-2021
Provide optimal insurance coverage to the NDA to support its estate-wide insurance programme and exploit
opportunities to reduce overall cost of insurable risk.
Explore all avenues to develop potential innovative solutions to the increased fi nancial security or insurance
requirements resulting from the Nuclear Installations (Liability For Damage) Order 2016 and to respond to emerging
demands for new or additional policy cover.
Continue to deliver the target return on the investment portfolio, protecting Rutherford’s ability to offer insurance on a
cost effective basis, maintaining liquidity in order to be able to respond promptly to major loss.
Continue to explore ways to use a prudent proportion of Rutherford’s investment portfolio to support infrastructure
investment in the NDA estate.
Implement new ways of working following changes in the group broking arrangements designed to improve effi ciency and
reduce costs.
Re-compete contract for management of Rutherford Indemnity Limited (captive management contract).
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GlossaryAGR Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor MDU Magnox Depleted Uranium
BEIS Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy
MOD Ministry of Defence
BEPPS Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store MOP9 Magnox Operating Programme
C&M Care and Maintenance MOX Mixed Oxide Fuel
CNC Civil Nuclear Constabulary NDA Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
DFR Dounreay Fast Reactor ONR Offi ce for Nuclear Regulation
DIF Direct Import Facility PBO Parent Body Organisation
DMTR Dounreay Material Test Reactor PCM Plutonium Contaminated Material
DRS Direct Rail Services Ltd PFR Prototype Fast Reactor
FED Fuel Element Debris PNTL Pacifi c Nuclear Transport Ltd
GDF Geological Disposal Facility PPP Programme and Project Partner
HAL Highly Active Liquor QPR Quarterly Performance Review
HAW Higher Activity Waste R&D Research & Development
HLW High Level Waste SEP Silo Emptying Plant
ILW Intermediate Level Waste SGHWR Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor
INS International Nuclear Services Ltd SLC Site Licence Company
LETP Liquid Effl uent Treatment Plant THORP Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
LLW Low Level Waste UK United Kingdom
LLWR Low Level Waste Repository UKGI UK Government Investments
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References
Useful links and documentation
1. Freedom of Information Act 2000
2. Data Protection Act (1998)
3. Environmental Information Regulations (2004)
4. Magnox Operating Programme 9 (2012)
5. Energy Act (2004)
1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (www.gov.uk/nda)
2. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (www.gov.uk/beis)
3. Sellafi eld Ltd (www.sellafieldsites.com)
4. Magnox Ltd (www.magnoxsites.com)
5. LLWR Ltd (www.llwrsite.com)
6. Dounreay Ltd (www.dounreay.com)
7. Capenhurst Nuclear Services Ltd (www.capenhurstnuclearservices.com)
8. Springfi elds Fuels Ltd (www.westinghousenuclear.com)
9. International Nuclear Services Ltd (www.innuserv.com)
10. Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (www.gov.uk/beis)
11. Direct Rail Services (www.directrailservices.com)
12. NDA Strategy - March 2016 (www.gov.uk/nda)
13. NDA Annual Report and Accounts 2016-2017 (www.gov.uk/nda)
14. NDA Skills brochure (www.gov.uk/nda)
15. NDA R&D 5 year plan (www.gov.uk/nda)
16. NDA Direct Research Portfolio (DRP) Projects: Quarterly Update - Feb 2017 (www.gov.uk/nda)
17. Plutonium Position and Options papers (www.gov.uk/nda)
18. NDA Socio-Economics Report (available on www.gov.uk/nda - June 2017)